On a summer day, the Changning Bo Mansion was bathed in the green shade of the wutong tree leaves, with the fragrance of jasmine flowers wafting through the air and reaching people's noses, filling their hearts with delight.

  Song Chuning finished bathing, her body still carrying the scent of roses, a head of wet hair scattered on her shoulders, blown by the wind and fluttering in the air, with a few drops of water falling onto the back of her hand.

  She rested both hands on the windowsill, smiling slowly as she faced the wind.

  Today, Old Lady Song was angered by Mrs. Su and felt unwell, so Madame Song stayed in her room to care for her and couldn't leave her side. Meanwhile, the wind is very strong outside, and if it blows into Song Yan's courtyard, the dry leaves will knock over the candle holder.

  She thought of the silent and soundless death of Li, thought of her mother who couldn't even be buried in the Song family's ancestral tomb to receive sacrifices from the descendants of the Song family, and a sharp hatred emerged at the bottom of her eyes.

  Song Chuyi must be very pleased with herself now, thinking that by getting rid of Li Shi, everything will be peaceful? Thinking that by bringing out the Cui family, she can achieve a lasting victory? Her hands clenched tightly, her lips pursed into a thin line.

  Since she can play Song Chuyi around in her dreams and win applause, she can also do it in reality.

  Song Chuyi killed her own mother and used Song Yan's life as repayment! She made herself suffer, so she would make her suffer even more.

  The moonlight poured in through the wide open window and fell on her face, making her already expressionless face look even paler, and from a distance, it was quite frightening.

  Cui Guo hesitated for half a day before daring to walk forward, her voice extremely low as she advised: "Miss, it's time to rest." After finishing this sentence, seeing that Song Chuning had no reaction, she plucked up the courage to step forward and took a towel to help her dry her hair, a layer of worry floating up in her heart. At present, Song Chuning's position in the manor has become awkward, although the old master and mistress would not vent their anger on a child because of Li Shi's matter, but after all, there will be some discomfort in their hearts.

  She didn't know if the high branch she had climbed with great effort would be able to stay on the tree for a long time, and yet her whole family relied on this very branch for survival.

  Song Chunin noticed that her mind was elsewhere, and her eyes as black as ink stared at her for a while before turning away. Her voice was cold as she said, "Call in Qing Shan."

  Cui Guo awkwardly put the towel on a nearby table, but knew that this young lady was very determined and not someone to be trifled with. She composed herself, bowed, and went out to find Luoyi.

  Lu Qing was a few points more clever than Cui Guo, but even so, in front of this master, he was still very careful and respectful, bowing his head to listen for the master's orders.

  Song Chuning didn't say much to her, only instructing her to go to her mother's room and tell her to send a few of the fresh peaches that Young Mistress had brought over to her mother.

  After all, Madam Li is an old woman in front of whom she has some feelings for Song Chuning. Green shirt secretly let out a sigh of relief and had some change of heart towards Song Chuning - since Madam Li's incident, Song Chuning except for crying in front of the big madam at first, afterwards her reaction was somewhat cold, cold to the point of being scary.

  It seems that she is considerate to everyone who stays with Li, and it's probably not entirely heartless. Maybe it's just a temporary difficulty in expressing emotions.

  She curtsied and went to the well in the courtyard, scooped out a few water peaches that had been chilled to ice-cold, filled a crystal bowl with them, and sent it over to Yu Mama's quarters next to the main house.

  It was probably because of Li's passing that Mother was a few degrees less fierce than usual, silently taking the crystal cup and pushing open the door to enter. She didn't even say thank you, leaving Green Shirt standing outside for half a moment, feeling her heart thumping heavily.

  She returned to the courtyard with a heart that was jumping like a rabbit, but unexpectedly, Cuiqiao quietly made a gesture of silence towards her, saying that Song Chuning had already fallen asleep.

  She nodded dazedly and returned to her room in the dark, without turning on the light, sat on the bed and let out a deep sigh.

  In less than half an hour, she suddenly heard a commotion outside. She perked up her ears to listen and vaguely heard the sound of water flowing and doors opening. She opened the door to take a look and indeed saw thick smoke and flames rising from the northeast direction.

  This is the residence of Fourth Master! Her heart seemed to be jumping out of her chest, and for some reason, she suddenly thought of her mother and ran towards the main house without hesitation.

  She had just run across the corridor when she saw a woman in green clothes, Yu's mother, hastily entering from the side door and rushing into the room without stopping.

  She stopped beside a pillar in the corridor, her mind suddenly a jumble that made her almost unable to stand. Then she steeled herself and ran towards Ningde Hall.

  The Ningde Courtyard was already brightly lit, and Old Lady Song, being advanced in years, could not bear to hear such things. At this point, everyone present began to tremble with fear, supporting the lady of the house as she stood there in shock and uncertainty.

  Yu Lan returned from embracing the jade building, but didn't bring Song Chuyi in with her. Her face looked a bit unsightly as she came in and looked at Old Lady Song and Madame. She took a deep breath before daring to report: "Sixth Miss has gone to Fourth Young Master's courtyard."

  Mrs. Song was so frightened that her eyes went wide and she almost fell over backwards, luckily Mrs. Zhang supported her and she didn't fall. She couldn't care about anything else, quickly shouting for people to hurry up and put out the fire.

  At this time, all the small servants in the mansion had already gone home, and even though there were about twenty small servants who stayed overnight, they couldn't do much.

  The lady hastily ordered someone to take a pair of cards and let the women at the corner door open it, instructing people to go out and call the managers to bring people to put out the fire.

  Mrs. Song was worried and put on a coat, taking Madame Wang with her as she rushed over.

  Zi Yun exerted her last bit of strength to hold onto Song Chuyi, barely preventing her from rushing headlong into the sea of flames. She didn't dare lift a hand to wipe away the cold sweat on her forehead, which she couldn't tell was due to the smoke or fear. With a hoarse voice and tears in her eyes, she begged: "Miss, just now Qin Zongguan and Lai Fu followed several others into the fire, Fourth Master must be fine! If you rush in like this, they won't know who to save first!"

  Qing Tao also blocked Song Chuyi in front of her, desperately blocking her. She knew that at this time, no matter what she said, Song Chuyi would not listen to it. So she didn't say anything and together with Hong Yu and Lü Ying, they dragged Song Chuyi away.

  Song Chuyu's eyes were red with rage, she felt an overwhelming sense of anger, despair and fear that enveloped her entire being. She could hardly hear what the people around her were saying, all she could see was their lips moving non-stop.

  As she looked on and on, the scenes and people all became blurred, and in her eyes there were only Song Yan's blood-red eyes and his icy, lonely corpse lying on the ground.

  Her throat felt like it had been scorched by fire, both painful and itchy, and in her anxiety she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

  Madam Xü happened to be passing by and was spat a mouthful of blood on her clothes, instantly stunned.

  Zi Yun and several maids had never seen such a scene before, and they couldn't help but burst into tears.